1st Yr Agriculture & Horticulture Scholarships

There are many scholarships available to first year agriculture and horticulture students.

Please note: Applications only open three months before the listed closing date.

Some of the larger scholarships for which students just starting their degree can apply for are:

New Zealand Dairy Industry Undergraduate Scholarships

These scholarships are designed to assist students of high academic calibre to undertake a Bachelors degree that will provide them with the education and training to support the sustainable development of the NZ Dairy Industry. There are 50 of these scholarships given out each year, and studying towards an undergraduate degree in agriculture at Massey University (including Bachelor if AgriCommerce) makes students eligible for these scholarships. Successful applicants will receive about $6,200 annually for the rest of their degree.

Zespri Science Scholarships

Any student intending to begin a Bachelor of Horticultural Science at Massey University are eligible for this scholarship, especially those interested in the kiwifruit industry. It is worth $5000 per annum (total of $15,000), and will be paid out for each year of your degree if your academic performance remains high.

T&G Undergraduate Scholarships

All students who intend to study horticulture at Massey University, are also eligible for this scholarship, which is also worth $5,000 per annum, and will be paid out for each year of your degree if you continue to perform well.

Norwood Undergraduate Scholarships

FMG Agriculture Scholarships

FMG is a leading rural insurance company in New Zealand, and is offering two scholarships each year for students starting a course in agriculture. Each scholarship will be worth $4000 per year for each year of their degree. Students enrolling for courses in agriculture or agricommerce are eligible.

Other Scholarships available to students starting a degree in agriculture or horticulture are:

Central Plateau Vet Society Inc. Undergraduate Scholarship

Students that went to secondary school in Taupo, Turangi, or Reporoa are eligible to apply for this $4,000 scholarship. They should be intending to do either a degree in agriculture or veterinary science.

Applications close 19 October Apply here

Sir John Logan Campbell Agricultural Scholarship

This scholarship is to encourage students from Auckland and other urban areas to undertake a degree in agriculture. It is worth $2000 and is open to any student from an urban background who is just starting the B AgriCommerce or agriculture option within B AgriScience degree, or the agriculture major in the Bachelor of Science degree.

Horizons Sustainable Land Use Initiative Scholarship

The Horizons Regional Council (based in the Manawatu-Wanganui area) have a scholarship scheme in which they award five scholarships each year worth $2000 each to students in their 1st or 2nd Year of a programme that would make them suitable to be employed by their Regional Council to advise farmers on how to use their land sustainably. This is mainly aimed at reducing further soil erosion in the region. Students can later apply for $10,000 scholarships from this scheme once they reach their 3rd Year of the programme. Students within the agriculture major of the BAgriScience degree would be most suitable for this scholarship. More information and application forms are available on the Horizons web site.

Horticulture New Zealand Undergraduate Scholarship

Five scholarships are available each year from Horticulture New Zealand, each to a maximum value of $3000, for students intending to study horticulture within the BAgriScience or BSc degree at Massey University. Applicants should provide evidence of their interest in fruit growing or vegetable growing.

David Levene Foundation Bursaries

These bursaries are worth up to $10,000, and are mainly for horticulture students, but any BAgriScience, BAgriCommerce or BSc student is also eligible. One of the main criteria for this bursary is whether financial hardship is likely to prevent recipients from attending university.

Hawke's Bay Fruitgrowers' Association Horticultural Scholarships

These scholarships, each worth $2000, are also for students interested in studying horticulture at Massey University, though applicants should be from Hawke's Bay, and be keen to return to that region once the degree has been completed. Click here for an application form.

Dreamfields Farm Agricultural Scholarship

Candidates who have attended a secondary school from the Whakatane District, with preference given to students from Edgecumbe College and are in their first year of study. They must be undertaking a degree in agriculture at Massey University. Worth $1,000.

Don Scott Agricultural Education Trust Grants

Likewise students studying agricultural related courses and who live principally within the boundaries of the Manawatu/Rangitikei or Wanganui Federated Farmers Provinces can apply for Don Scott Agricultural Education Trust Grants.

Ann Sinclair Charitable Trust

Students wishing to obtain an education in agriculture or horticulture are invited to apply for financial assistance from the Ann Sinclair Charitable Trust. They cater mainly for students in the region stretching from Wanganui to Wellington.

Margaret Bashford Scholarship and Royce Nicholls Trust Scholarship

These scholarships are for students who are intending to follow a career directly concerned with primary production, and preference will be given to applicants from the South Taranaki or Stratford districts. Applications for both close on 28 February, and they require separate application forms, though both forms are available from Harris & Taylor Ltd, Chartered Accountants, PO Box 141, Hawera.

Ballance Agri-Nutrients Scholarships

These scholarships from the Balance Agri-Nutrients fertiliser company are available to any "direct members of a shareholder's family or company employee." Farmers and growers who buy fertiliser from this company become shareholders. Each year, there will be four scholarships available, each worth $4000, for students entering a degree in the "primary industry field." Application forms can be obtained on the Ballance web site.

Hugh Williams Ravensdown Memorial Scholarship

To commemorate the service and dedication of Hugh Williams, who died in a farm accident on 19 May 2000, Ravensdown (also a fertiliser company) and the Williams family have established a memorial scholarship. One scholarship will be awarded per year and the successful applicant will receive $5000 for each year of study. In addition the recipient will be offered the opportunity of paid holiday work at Ravensdown. This scholarship is intended to encourage undergraduate study in an agricultural or horticultural degree and will be open to the sons or daughters of Ravensdown shareholders who are intending to undertake full time undergraduate study at Massey University. More information on this scholarship plus the application form can be obtained on the Ravensdown web site.

L A Alexander Financial Assistance for Tertiary Students

The L A Alexander Agricultural College Trust Board provides financial assistance to enable students born or educated in the Taranaki/Waverley area to undergo education in the fields of agriculture, horticulture or other subjects related to farming. Application forms can be obtained from the Trust at PO Box 69, New Plymouth 4340.

Wairoa Veterinary Club Scholarship

Students who have parents that belong to the Wairoa Veterinary Club and who are undertaking a degree in agriculture, veterinary science or veterinary nursing are eligible to apply for this scholarship.